“Converting” the Orthodox in Transilvania to Greek Catholic Church In the late seventeenth century Habsburg Empire “converted” Orthodox Romanians in Transylvania to Greek Catholicism. The situation of Transylvanian Romanians was very heavy, according to “diploma” issued in Vienna by Leopold I, in 1691, which stipulated that only Hungarians, Saxons and Szeklers were the three “nations” …
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367 years since the relics of Saint Paraskeva are located in Iasi, the Feast of October 14 has an extraordinary significance for the Romanian, hundreds of thousands of believers came to worship at the shrine they know “more useful”. Those who come to “Pious” – as her friends call her – ask her to solve …
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Saint Parascheva of Iasi, Thrace (Saint Petka) or Saint Parascheva the New, as it is known, lived in the tenth century. It is important to know and note that there are two more holy slaves with this name: St. Parascheva of Rome (2nd century) and Saint Paraschevi of Iconium. Daughter of wealthy parents who owned …
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The devout voivode Neagoe Basarab was born in the last quarter of the 15th century, probably in 1481 or 1482, under circumstances shrouded in mystery that historians have not fully clarified. Upon his accession to the throne in 1512, he claimed descent from the ruler of Wallachia, Basarab the Younger, nicknamed Ţepeluş (November 1477–September 1481, …
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Ivan the Terrible, the bloodiest character of Russian history, plagiarism teachings of Neagoe to get to Constantinople bazileu title. Porte did not notice the fake. Plagiarism was discovered 400 years. Neagoe, ruler of Romanian between 1512 and 1521, is the author of the famous work “The teachings of Neagoe Basarab to his son Theodosius.” Writing …
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Considered the most prominent bishop of the Romanian Country throughout its history, Saint Antim Iberian remains in the memory of our Church as a man of rare complexity. Typographer, architect of churches, calligrapher, sculptor, preacher unparalleled knowledge of foreign languages, Metropolitan of Georgian proved while being a good organizer of the Church, the spirit philanthropic …
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On 26 September, the Romanian Christian Orthodox calendar is commemorated Holy Prince Neagoe. In the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, meeting at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest on 8-9 July 2008 decided canonization of St. Hyacinth Hierarch of Vicina, the first metropolitan of the Romanian Country, the Saint Pious …
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